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A roofing company has been fined $45,000 after one of its workers fell 2.5m from a roof while safety gear sat unused on the site.
Cory Tui was hospitalised for two days with a severed tendon and cuts to his wrist and was off work for two and a half months after falling from a roof at a kindergarten in Marton, about 35km southeast of Whanganui.
He and Warwick Golie, the director of W Golie Roofing, were both wearing safety harnesses but they hadn't been attached to an anchor point, and edge protection, which was delivered to the site, wasn't being used.
W Golie Roofing was fined $45,000 in Whanganui District Court on Monday and ordered to pay reparation of $3000 for failing to take all practicable steps to ensure Mr Tui's safety.
Worksafe NZ chief inspector Keith Stewart says it beggars belief that Mr Tui and Mr Golie were both wearing a safety harness but they weren't secured.
"When Mr Golie was asked why they were not attached he replied 'I just got lazy'. That's not good enough," Mr Stewart said.
"Safety gear is no good to anyone if it's not being used."
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A roofing company has been fined $45,000 after one of its workers fell 2.5m from a roof while safety gear sat unused on the site.
Cory Tui was hospitalised for two days with a severed tendon and cuts to his wrist and was off work for two and a half months after falling from a roof at a kindergarten in Marton, about 35km southeast of Whanganui.
He and Warwick Golie, the director of W Golie Roofing, were both wearing safety harnesses but they hadn't been attached to an anchor point, and edge protection, which was delivered to the site, wasn't being used.
W Golie Roofing was fined $45,000 in Whanganui District Court on Monday and ordered to pay reparation of $3000 for failing to take all practicable steps to ensure Mr Tui's safety.
Worksafe NZ chief inspector Keith Stewart says it beggars belief that Mr Tui and Mr Golie were both wearing a safety harness but they weren't secured.
"When Mr Golie was asked why they were not attached he replied 'I just got lazy'. That's not good enough," Mr Stewart said.
"Safety gear is no good to anyone if it's not being used."
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Curator Mark ONeill at the Little Museum of Dublin on St Stephens Green with pupils from St Pius X Girls National School. Photograph: Simon OConnor
We are working with Dublin Theatre Festival on a temporary exhibition in the Little Museum. Everything has been lent by a bunch of generous theatre junkies, and today is the first time all of the material is together in one place. Now begins the fun: taking this disparate collection of memorabilia and using it to tell a story. The delivery man almost walks straight into a door with a plate of glass from one of the display cases. Thank heavens for bubble-wrap.
Our education programme, I Love Dublin, offers free civic classes to schoolchildren every morning. Thanks to the law firm Matheson, more than 3,000 kids will receive free classes this year. The programme is just starting up again this week. I start calling schools to invite them to participate. As the programme enters its third year, its getting easier to convince teachers to come back, and we get a few bookings for the end of the week.
One of the most fun things Im working on is a collaborative exhibition with Clerys heritage gallery and Luas Cross City on the history of Dublins trams. The demise of Dublins tramways in the 1940s was one of the most unfortunate consequences of our reckless and haphazard approach to civic planning, and Im glad were celebrating them at the museum. In the morning, I speak to Michael Corcoran, who literally wrote the book on the subject (Through Streets Broad and Narrow). I could study the trams for a week and learn less than I do in half an hour with him.
Two transition-year groups join us in the afternoon. The format of our classes is different for primary and secondary groups, but in both we discuss the conditions of tenement dwellers in Dublin a century ago. Henrietta Street was once the grandest address in the capital, but by 1911 it was effectively a shanty town. Most of the students gasp when I tell them that one of the houses had more than 100 residents. A lad at the back gets the gravity of the situation. Jaysis, he says, and theyd no wifi.
We have a few last-minute additions to our theatre festival exhibition courtesy of the Gate Theatre, so I cycle there, and then on to the framers, where I pick up some beautiful old posters that will soon find their way into our permanent collection.
In the morning the fifth-class pupils from Catherine McAuley School come in for I Love Dublin. Catherine McAuley is a school for dyslexic children, and one of my favourite groups; theyve participated in the programme since it began. We welcome them with a blast of our second World War air-raid siren one of the most effective ways of getting 25 10-year-olds to stay quiet long enough to tell them your name and ask them to sit around the fireplace in the museum. We talk about the tenements and the 1916 Rising. Any educator will tell you that teaching requires patience, but not too much patience, and, as the kids get more comfortable at the museum, they become more excitable too. Four teachers and I struggle to get a word in edgeways.
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September 29, 2014 - Pacific Coast League (PCL) Reno Aces RENO, Nev.- The Reno Aces Baseball Club has announced promotions and additions to their front office staff today. The franchise recently concluded its sixth season of Pacific Coast League play and welcomed over 400,000 fans to Aces Ballpark in 2014.
Promotions were named for Rick Parr, Emily Jaenson, Kris Morrow and Niko Saladis, while the Aces added Malcolm Chapman, Edgar Montoya and David Woodard to their front office staff.
"After a terrific 2014 season, we're thrilled to announce new promotions and additions to the team," said Eric Edelstein, Aces Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer. "While we have 200 days until Opening Day, our team is working hard to make 2015 even better."
Parr is entering his seventh season with the Aces, following seven years with the Tucson Sidewinders and transitions from General Manager to Vice President of Corporate and Community Impact. Parr will concentrate on identifying strategic ways for the Aces to continually make a positive impact in the lives of the children and families throughout Reno/Sparks and all of Northern Nevada.
Jaenson is entering her second season with the Aces and moves from Account Executive of Marketing Partnerships to Manager of Marketing Partnerships. After helping the Aces achieve record partnerships in 2014, Jaenson will take a greater leadership role in this department.
The 2015 season will be Morrow's third with the Aces following a stint with the Indianapolis Indians of the International League. The Knoxville, Illinois native moves from Account Executive to Group Sales Manager. He graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and a master's degree in Sports Management from Western Illinois University.
A Minden native, Saladis started with the Aces in October of 2013 as a Ticket Sales Account Executive and will now serve as the Marketing Partnerships Account Executive. Saladis graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sport Management from Southwest Baptist University.
The Aces added three members to the sales team in Chapman, Woodard and Montoya.
Chapman was named to an Account Executive in Outside Sales role after spending time in the sales department of the Oklahoma City RedHawks. The Houston native graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor's degree in Sport Management.
Woodard joined the Aces in August as an Account Executive in Group Sales after serving in a similar role with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. A native of Lebanon, Virginia, Woodard graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration-Finance.
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"That needs to be addressed, whether it's a combination of those guys coming back after disappointing years and really performing the way we know they're able to next year, or us addressing the needs in free agency," Luhnow said. "We're going to look long and hard on that."
The Astros' $45 million payroll figures to jump because of the additions they'll have to make to keep some of their nine arbitration-eligible players, including Fowler ($7.85 million in '14), Carter ($510,000) and catcher Jason Castro ($2.45 million). All will get significant raises.
Having Springer in the lineup daily will be a huge boost to the offense, but they'll be looking to add some power in the outfield, which becomes a must when the corner infielders aren't producing it.
"We feel good about the starting pitching, but we need to improve our offense," Luhnow said. "We cut down on the strikeouts and I think our guys are getting better with their approach."
Another area the club will address in free agency or trades is the bullpen. Houston tried to shore up its bullpen a year ago by signing Chad Qualls, Matt Albers, Jesse Crain and Jerome Williams, but Albers pitched in only eight games and Crain never got on the mound. Williams was cut loose in June.
With club on the cusp of finally sorting out its television stalemate, Luhnow said there's "going to be substantial resources" to keep the arbitration-eligible players, as well as having some money to spend in free agency.
Arbitration-eligible: RHP Anthony Bass, DH Chris Carter, C Jason Castro, C Carlos Corporan, CF Dexter Fowler, IF Marwin Gonzalez, OF/IF Jesus Guzman, OF Alex Presley, LHP Tony Sipp.
Free agents: RHP Matt Albers ($3 million club option for 2015), RHP Jesse Crain, RHP Jose Veras.
Rotation: The top three in the rotation are set with veteran Scott Feldman, left-hander Dallas Keuchel and rookie revelation Collin McHugh all coming off solid seasons, with Keuchel emerging as an ace. Lefty Brett Oberholtzer did an admirable job as the fourth starter and figures to remain in the mix for the final two spots entering 2015 with Brad Peacock, who was inconsistent this year, and youngsters Jake Buchanan, Mike Foltynewicz and Nick Tropeano
Bullpen: This will be near the top of Luhnow's offseason to-do list. Last winter's signings of veterans Albers and Crain were a whiff as both were injured all season. Qualls did a nice job at closer (with the exception of facing the A's), but the Astros could use another proven arm or two to lock down more games. Lefty Tony Sipp was a solid pickup and should return. Josh Fields emerged as a solid option, while fellow youngsters Josh Zeid and Kevin Chapman were a mixed bag. Luhnow hinted he wants Veras to return as well.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels never intended to have a managerial search on his to-do list after a lost season.
That instead became the top priority, something to get done even before looking for a starting pitcher in free agency or finding another bat for the middle of the lineup.
For the first time in five seasons, the Rangers played only 162 games, with not even a wild-card tiebreaker like last season. For the third year in a row, there was a champagne celebration in the other clubhouse at their ballpark as another team clinched a postseason berth.
But the club that went to back-to-back World Series in 2010 and 11 had known since mid-summer that there would be no extra games. The plan was for Ron Washington to return in 2015 for his ninth season in Texas until his sudden resignation Sept. 5 for personal reasons - not because of the results of a miserable season that ended Sunday with the 95th loss, the most since 1985.
There is a strong candidate in Tim Bogar, the first-year Rangers bench coach who as interim manager went 14-8.
Daniels plans to also interview two other internal candidates (pitching coach Mike Maddux and Triple-A manager Steve Buechele) and probably four or five others from outside the organization. The hope is to have that hire done before the World Series starts Oct. 21.
Were going through a process I think is ultimately in everybodys best interest, Daniels said. As I told Tim, at the end of the day, if hes announced as our full-time manager its going to be with a lot more behind it.
Daniels said Bogar made the most of an opportunity in a 22-game stretch in which the young Rangers won four consecutive series and gave the Oakland Athletics fits.
Texas swept a three-game series in Oakland, then took two of the first three games in the closing weekend series. The As then won 4-0 on Sunday to finally clinch their third consecutive playoff berth on the last day of the regular season.
Next for Bogar is the formal interview process, knowing that there are more factors than his record over the past three-plus weeks.
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This is the second part of our two part combined iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus review. In Part 1, we took a look at the design and construction of the new iPhones, along with the new larger and much improved displays as well as the all-new front and rear iSight cameras. In each of these areas, Apple has continued to raise the bar with at least one or more significant improvements over the previous generation. In this second part of our review, we take a closer look at the performance of the new models, their connectivity options, Touch ID/Apple Pay, iOS 8 and weigh up which of the two new iPhones might be best for you.
Performance: The iPhone 5s set a new benchmark for smartphone performance, vaulting into an all 64-bit mobile architecture more than twelve months ahead of the competition. In an industry where much technology is shared between mobile vendors, Apple's capability to design the ARM-based chips that power its devices became a clear differentiator with the arrival of the dual-core 64-bit A7 system-on-a-chip. It featured around 1 billion transistors and helped to power the iPhone past its multi-core rivals in numerous performance indicators. In particular, in single-core performance, a key metric for everyday usability and speed, the A7 chip still leads many competing 32-bit chips still powering Android and Windows devices today. This, despite being a dual-core design and clocked at just 1.3GHz.
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The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus both share the same system architecture, which is underpinned by Apple second-generation 64-bit SoC, the A8. Like the A7, the A8 is a dual-core design and is clocked just 100MHz higher than its predecessor, but is built on a new advanced 20-nanometer process by TSMC and uses an enhanced version of the Cyclone architecture first introduced by Apple on the A7. However, incredibly Apple has managed to pack in twice the number of transistors on the die this time around, taking the transistor count to a desktop-class 2 billion. Combined with what is thought to be Imagination VR's PowerVR 4-core GX6450, Apple claims that the new dual-core A8 chip is 25 percent faster than the A7, while its graphics performance is up to 50 percent faster than the 4-core PowerVR G6430 GPU in the iPhone 5s. As the A8 chip is now also up to 50 percent more energy efficient than the A7, Apple says that it is able to sustain peak performance for much longer helping to reduce, among other things, dropped frame rates when playing graphics intensive games for extended periods also without excessive battery drain.
Power management is also assisted by the second generation M8 motion coprocessor, which is a low power ARM-based secondary processing system designed to offload motion data calculations from the A8 CPU. The new M8 chip follows the same principles as the M7 motion coprocessor from the iPhone 5s, which turns the iPhone into an advanced fitness tracker in conjunction with apps that can monitor your activity throughout the day in the background without draining in battery life; in earlier versions of the iPhone, similar capabilities were possible using the iPhone's sensors, but they relied heavily on the main CPU. Now, in addition to measuring data from the accelerometer, compass and gyroscope the iPhone 6 adds a new barometer that is capable of measuring how many flights of stairs you've climbed or the intensity of your hill runs.
To test the performance of the new A8 SoC, we ran the both iPhone 6s through a couple of well-known cross platform tests; Geekbench 3 (which assesses single and multi-core performance), as well as the Futuremark 3DMark benchmark to test graphics performance. As you can see in the GeekBench 3 results, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus annihilate the 32-bit competition in single-core performance, which is the key performance metric as most apps only use one core. Multicore performance is now also a match for the competition, despite the fact that the Android devices each have an extra two cores. The 3D Mark test shows that have made solid gains over the iPhone 5s, but are generally a match for the Adreno 330 GPU found in the Android devices. However, this test does not test the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with games running the Metal framework, which gives the iPhones a substantial performance boost. As always, this is a case of Apple looking to optimize its hardware through creating better, more efficient software. This way, Apple gets better graphics performance than the competition, without sacrificing battery life.
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